Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National Forest · Colorado
Overview Jumbo Campground is located on the northern slope of Colorado's Grand Mesa, in the Mesa Lakes area, which is home to over 300 lakes. Visitors enjoy the area for its great fishing, canoeing and hiking opportunities. Recreation Jumbo and Sunset Lakes are open to non-motorized watercraft, making each a perfect place for canoeing and fishing.
Sites at Jumbo Campground are reserved through Recreation.gov. Sites here can be reserved in advance through the official system, and they are claimed fast — cancellations then trickle back all season, unannounced, at any hour of the day or night.
| Total sites | 26 |
|---|---|
| Site types | Standard, Tent only |
| Hookups | Electric hookups at some sites |
| Location | Mesa, CO |
| Book through | Recreation.gov |
| Official listing | Recreation.gov |
Because sites are booked months ahead, a steady share of reservations get cancelled as trips fall through. Each cancellation instantly returns that site and those nights to the official calendar — first-come, first-served, no waitlist, no announcement. Refreshing the booking page yourself, every few minutes for weeks, works in theory. In practice, the people who get these sites are the ones who hear about the opening first.
ItOpened scans the Recreation.gov calendar for Jumbo Campground around the clock. When a site matching your dates and your vehicle opens, you get a text with a direct link to it. You book it yourself, in your own account, at the normal price. We never book, hold, or resell — your fee pays for monitoring, and openings are first-come, so speed is the whole game.
| Lakeview Gunnison | Cancellation alerts available |
|---|---|
| Lottis Creek Campground | Cancellation alerts available |
| Lake Irwin | Cancellation alerts available |
| Silver Jack Campground (CO) | Cancellation alerts available |
| Amphitheater (Co) | Cancellation alerts available |
| Island Lake Campground | Cancellation alerts available |
| One Mile | Cancellation alerts available |
| Matterhorn | Cancellation alerts available |
| Dinner Station | Cancellation alerts available |
| Lodgepole (Taylor River Canyon near Gunnison, COLORADO) | Cancellation alerts available |
| Rosy Lane | Cancellation alerts available |
| Cobbett Lake | Cancellation alerts available |
| Almont | Cancellation alerts available |
| Beaver Lake (CO) | Cancellation alerts available |
| Big Cimarron | Cancellation alerts available |
| Big Creek (CO) | Cancellation alerts available |
| Cement Creek | Cancellation alerts available |
| Cold Spring (CO) | Cancellation alerts available |
| Cottonwood Lake (CO) | Cancellation alerts available |
| Crag Crest | Cancellation alerts available |
| Deer Lakes (CO) | Cancellation alerts available |
| Erickson Springs | Cancellation alerts available |
| Gothic | Cancellation alerts available |
| Little Bear | Cancellation alerts available |
| Mosca | Cancellation alerts available |
| North Bank (CO) | Cancellation alerts available |
| Pitkin | Cancellation alerts available |
| Quartz | Cancellation alerts available |
| Rivers End | Cancellation alerts available |
| Snowblind | Cancellation alerts available |
| Soap Creek | Cancellation alerts available |
| Spring Creek (CO) | Cancellation alerts available |
| Spruce Grove (CO) | Cancellation alerts available |
| Sunshine | Cancellation alerts available |
| Ward Lake | Cancellation alerts available |
| Weir and Johnson | Cancellation alerts available |
| Williams Creek (CO) | Cancellation alerts available |
| Woods Lake | Cancellation alerts available |
| Alpine Ranger Station | Cancellation alerts available |
| Aspen Leaf Cabin (Uncompahgre National Forest, Co) | Cancellation alerts available |
| Black Bear Cabin at Mesa Lakes (CO) | Cancellation alerts available |
| Jackson Guard Station | Cancellation alerts available |
| Lone Cone Cabin | Cancellation alerts available |
| Matterhorn Cabin | Cancellation alerts available |
| Moose Manor Cabin | Cancellation alerts available |
| Oak Cabin | Cancellation alerts available |
| Silesca Cabin | Cancellation alerts available |
Page data refreshed 2026-10-29. Site facts come from the official directory listing for Jumbo Campground; cancellation statistics come from our own scanning logs.